A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Mall rats

A lot of people are under the impression you can only get mass produced crap at the mall. I see where they are coming from, most the independent stores with different, interesting stuff have pretty much vanished, and in their place are chain stores selling out the subcultures.

However, in  Edmonton, Alberta Canada there is a mall called  West Edmonton Mall

and in that mall is a tattoo and piercing studio called Dragon FX

and in  that studio is a man by the name of Wayde….

and Wayde creates some of the best scarification in the world, such as this piece he recently did.

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And all of the sudden the mall doesn’t seem like such a lame place.

Comments

156 responses to “Mall rats”

  1. Atlanta Avatar

    Knowing that my bmezine tag fooled more than one of you even for a second fills me with pride. Now I’m back to making fake cumshot pictures of celebrities. Cheers!

  2. Atlanta Avatar

    Knowing that my bmezine tag fooled more than one of you even for a second fills me with pride. Now I’m back to making fake cumshot pictures of celebrities. Cheers!

  3. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    Stunning for sure.

  4. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    Stunning for sure.

  5. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    Stunning for sure.

  6. blackroses Avatar

    regardless of where the shop is – that looks amazing!!

  7. blackroses Avatar

    regardless of where the shop is – that looks amazing!!

  8. blackroses Avatar

    regardless of where the shop is – that looks amazing!!

  9. grapefruit Avatar
    grapefruit

    i hate dragon fx, both locations. everytime i go there i get treated very rudely by the front staff. i can relate to memphis, i was there a few years ago to get my conch pierced and the piercer was a huge cow. they seem to be doing well, judging by that awesome piece i hope they got better staff.

  10. grapefruit Avatar
    grapefruit

    i hate dragon fx, both locations. everytime i go there i get treated very rudely by the front staff. i can relate to memphis, i was there a few years ago to get my conch pierced and the piercer was a huge cow. they seem to be doing well, judging by that awesome piece i hope they got better staff.

  11. grapefruit Avatar
    grapefruit

    i hate dragon fx, both locations. everytime i go there i get treated very rudely by the front staff. i can relate to memphis, i was there a few years ago to get my conch pierced and the piercer was a huge cow. they seem to be doing well, judging by that awesome piece i hope they got better staff.

  12. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    you don’t even have to read the notes, something of that quality, you know it’s Wayde Dunn

  13. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    you don’t even have to read the notes, something of that quality, you know it’s Wayde Dunn

  14. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    you don’t even have to read the notes, something of that quality, you know it’s Wayde Dunn

  15. Dagon Avatar

    Oooh, I think I know this lovely lady. ^_~ And Wayde always does amazing work! I has wings by him.

  16. Dagon Avatar

    Oooh, I think I know this lovely lady. ^_~ And Wayde always does amazing work! I has wings by him.

  17. Dagon Avatar

    Oooh, I think I know this lovely lady. ^_~ And Wayde always does amazing work! I has wings by him.

  18. Wurm Avatar

    About a year ago, I almost puked everytime when I saw all the scarification and flesh removal stuff on BMEzine, but I couldn’t stop watching and today I’m fascinated about it. This piece is definatly one of the coolest I’ve ever seen! Great details.

    Unfortunatly if it heals scars don’t look that good anymore in my opinion… This is why I like tattoos more 🙁

  19. Wurm Avatar

    About a year ago, I almost puked everytime when I saw all the scarification and flesh removal stuff on BMEzine, but I couldn’t stop watching and today I’m fascinated about it. This piece is definatly one of the coolest I’ve ever seen! Great details.

    Unfortunatly if it heals scars don’t look that good anymore in my opinion… This is why I like tattoos more 🙁

  20. Wurm Avatar

    About a year ago, I almost puked everytime when I saw all the scarification and flesh removal stuff on BMEzine, but I couldn’t stop watching and today I’m fascinated about it. This piece is definatly one of the coolest I’ve ever seen! Great details.

    Unfortunatly if it heals scars don’t look that good anymore in my opinion… This is why I like tattoos more 🙁

  21. JesseV Avatar

    Wayde, this is amazing. Love it!

  22. JesseV Avatar

    Wayde, this is amazing. Love it!

  23. JesseV Avatar

    Wayde, this is amazing. Love it!

  24. Ron Garza Avatar

    Great design Wayde!
    Beautiful work yet again

  25. Ron Garza Avatar

    Great design Wayde!
    Beautiful work yet again

  26. Ron Garza Avatar

    Great design Wayde!
    Beautiful work yet again

  27. Efix Roy Avatar

    Wayde, I hate you for being this good!

  28. Efix Roy Avatar

    Wayde, I hate you for being this good!

  29. Efix Roy Avatar

    Wayde, I hate you for being this good!

  30. Caleigh Avatar

    Can anyone tell me how long this procedure took?

  31. Caleigh Avatar

    Can anyone tell me how long this procedure took?

  32. Caleigh Avatar

    Can anyone tell me how long this procedure took?

  33. Wayde Dunn Avatar
    Wayde Dunn

    Thanks everyone… Always appreciated.
    This procedure took a little over four hours.

    And just to let everyone know.. Both Dragon FX locations are now under new management and alot of positive changes have been made. For those of you in the Edmonton area, feel free to stop by anytime to check us out and say g’day.

  34. Wayde Dunn Avatar
    Wayde Dunn

    Thanks everyone… Always appreciated.
    This procedure took a little over four hours.

    And just to let everyone know.. Both Dragon FX locations are now under new management and alot of positive changes have been made. For those of you in the Edmonton area, feel free to stop by anytime to check us out and say g’day.

  35. Wayde Dunn Avatar
    Wayde Dunn

    Thanks everyone… Always appreciated.
    This procedure took a little over four hours.

    And just to let everyone know.. Both Dragon FX locations are now under new management and alot of positive changes have been made. For those of you in the Edmonton area, feel free to stop by anytime to check us out and say g’day.

  36. MissMeg Avatar

    stunning Wayde.. how do you just keep getting BETTER?

  37. MissMeg Avatar

    stunning Wayde.. how do you just keep getting BETTER?

  38. MissMeg Avatar

    stunning Wayde.. how do you just keep getting BETTER?

  39. Nikki Avatar

    Whoo, amazing work as usual! ^-^ This is making me miss Edmonton even more, especially now that Dragon FX is back to being awesome and damn good. 😀

  40. Nikki Avatar

    Whoo, amazing work as usual! ^-^ This is making me miss Edmonton even more, especially now that Dragon FX is back to being awesome and damn good. 😀

  41. Nikki Avatar

    Whoo, amazing work as usual! ^-^ This is making me miss Edmonton even more, especially now that Dragon FX is back to being awesome and damn good. 😀

  42. Apple Avatar
    Apple

    WOW. THIS IS THE BEST SCARIFICATION I HAVE EVER SEEN. SOOOO much better that that LunaCobra Crew. Wade you are Amazing…

  43. Apple Avatar
    Apple

    WOW. THIS IS THE BEST SCARIFICATION I HAVE EVER SEEN. SOOOO much better that that LunaCobra Crew. Wade you are Amazing…

  44. Apple Avatar
    Apple

    WOW. THIS IS THE BEST SCARIFICATION I HAVE EVER SEEN. SOOOO much better that that LunaCobra Crew. Wade you are Amazing…

  45. oniana Avatar

    beautiful beautiful. hope it heals and shows! my only regret in scarification (i have a piece by wayde as well) is that i didn’t irritate it enough and it is very very hard to see.

  46. oniana Avatar

    beautiful beautiful. hope it heals and shows! my only regret in scarification (i have a piece by wayde as well) is that i didn’t irritate it enough and it is very very hard to see.

  47. oniana Avatar

    beautiful beautiful. hope it heals and shows! my only regret in scarification (i have a piece by wayde as well) is that i didn’t irritate it enough and it is very very hard to see.

  48. AndraeaLynne Avatar
    AndraeaLynne

    Wayde, this looks AMAZING!!

    To everyone who knows about the reputation held by Dragon FX in the past, Wayde is now managing the WEM location and Lexci Million is manager of Kingsway.

    I would trust them both with my life, they’ve done so much to turn the shops around!!

  49. AndraeaLynne Avatar
    AndraeaLynne

    Wayde, this looks AMAZING!!

    To everyone who knows about the reputation held by Dragon FX in the past, Wayde is now managing the WEM location and Lexci Million is manager of Kingsway.

    I would trust them both with my life, they’ve done so much to turn the shops around!!

  50. AndraeaLynne Avatar
    AndraeaLynne

    Wayde, this looks AMAZING!!

    To everyone who knows about the reputation held by Dragon FX in the past, Wayde is now managing the WEM location and Lexci Million is manager of Kingsway.

    I would trust them both with my life, they’ve done so much to turn the shops around!!

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